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Lexi Thompson and South Korea’s
Meena Lee shot 6-under-par 66 to share the first-round lead in the LPGA
Championship, the fourth major championship of the season, in Pittsford, N.Y.

Brittany Lincicome,
Lisa McCloskey of Colombia, and
Jennifer Kirby of Canada were a stroke back.
Shanshan Feng of China, the tournament winner two years ago, was tied for sixth at
68 with 2010 champion
Cristie Kerr.

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Camilo Villegas shot a 7-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round
at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

North Carolina natives
Webb Simpson and
William McGirt shot 64, and
Scott Langley,
Heath Slocum,
Paul Casey,
Andrew Loupe and
Martin Laird were another stroke back in the final event before the PGA Tour’s
playoffs.

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Gunn Yang of South Korea advanced to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals, birdieing the
final three holes to beat top-ranked
Ollie Schniederjans 1 up at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.

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Thomas Bjorn shot a 5-under 66 for a three-way share of the lead after the first
round of the Made in Denmark in Aalborg.

He was tied for first with
Felipe Aguilar of Chile and
Bradley Dredge of Wales.

Football

Indoor league with Arena rules planned for China

The China American Football League plans to begin in the world’s most populous country in 2015.
The announcement comes less than a year after
Marty Judge, co-owner of the Arena Football League’s Philadelphia Soul, sponsored
the first American football game in China.

The indoor league is expected to start with six to eight teams.

Judge said they’ll follow Arena league rules and have 20-man rosters that will include 12
Chinese players.

• Georgia starting fullback
Merritt Hall, a junior, has been forced to give up football due to recurring
concussions.

Elsewhere

U.S. men to face Ecuador in home soccer exhibition

The U.S. men’s soccer team will face Ecuador on Oct. 10 in East Hartford, Conn., in its first
home game since the World Cup in Brazil.

The U.S. will play the Czech Republic on Sept. 3 in Prague in its first game since the World
Cup.

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Luis Suarez will train with his Barcelona teammates today after his ban for biting
an opponent at the World Cup was softened but not shortened.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the Uruguay forward deserves his four-month ban
from playing official matches for both his club and his country. CAS did, however, clear Suarez to
start training with his club.

• The Detroit Red Wings signed executive vice president and general manager
Ken Holland to a four-year contract through the 2017-18 season. Holland has been
Detroit’s GM for the past 17 seasons.